Re: Planned experiment: A new mailing list for last-call discussions

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Mon, 16 September 2019 19:09 UTC

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From: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:09:13 -0500
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Subject: Re: Planned experiment: A new mailing list for last-call discussions
To: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>
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On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 11:46 AM John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> wrote:

>
> This is a serious question despite the way I'm about to ask it,
> but, if we successfully did a split on that basis, wouldn't that
> leave us an "IEFF Last Call" list and an "IETF Noise and
> Whining" list?   It also suggests something else: would it make
> sense to do a three-way split:
>

I think this raises a good point, but I would modify the solution based on
the current list description.

1) "It furthers the development and specification of Internet technology
through discussion of technical issues"


>  * IETF Last Calls on technical specifications (including
>         technical A/S documents)
>

2) "it hosts discussions of IETF direction, policy, and procedures"


>  * IETF Last Calls on procedural specifications (as
>         recent examples, that would include all of the
>         anti-harassment documents, all of the IASA2 work, and
>         any documents that arise out of the recent discussions
>         about recalls and recall eligibility)
>
>  * Everything else
>

So, I think there is an argument for keeping procedural RFCs and
"everything else" on ietf@ietf.org. I'm not sure how easy it would be to do
that.

I do think email provides a nice escape hatch if there's an edge case where
it's not clear which list is best: CC both lists. Hopefully, that will be
rare.

thanks,
Rob